House of Sky and Breath

10/24/24 • 70 min

House of Sky and Breath is the second book in the Crescent City series by Sarah J Maas. We return to Lunathion to find new horrifying depths to the Asteri and how this world formed.
Jen and Ellie dive back in with Bryces to fight with the rebels, find out secrets and fall into traps.

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If We Survive This - House of Sky and Breath

Transcript

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Ellie: [00:00:00] Hi and welcome to If We Survive This, a podcast where we read fantasy books and discuss how likely we'd be to survive the challenges in them. A quick warning that this podcast is filled with spoilers for all aspects of the book.
Jen: I'm Jen, the slightly more bookish side of the podcast, though I do have some fitness credentials.
And I'm Ellie,
Ellie: I could survive in the wild for weeks as long as I have a good au